David Haye’s waiting for shot at Wladimir Klitschko is over

David Haye's long-awaited world heavyweight championship unification with Wladimir Klitschko is at last on the brink of becoming reality.

All the signs are that Britain's WBA champion will finally get his shot at one of the two giant Ukrainian brothers, who between them hold the other heavyweight belts, on July 2.

All the interested parties - Team Haye, the German promoters of the Klitschkos and Sky television - are now believed to be in talks to put on one of the biggest fights in British history.

The time for talking is over: Klitschko and Haye are set to get it on

Speculation that the match might be made arose from a tell-tale exchange of Twitters between Haye and boxer friends in America, where he is in training.

Then came word that Haye has abandoned his May 21 date in London for a WBA defence against Ruslan Chagaev.

That Sky window has now been taken by rival promoter Frank Warren for his Welsh star Nathan Cleverly's world lightheavyweight title challenge to Germany's Jurgen Braehmer.

The problem with Chagaev being licensed to fight in Britain because of a history of hepatitis B seemed to have freed Haye to take the July 2 date which the younger Klitschko has been offering for some time.

Haye had doubts that Wladimir would be ready to meet him so soon after defending his IBF and WBO belts against Londoner Dereck Chisora on April 30.